John Vernon

John Vernon

Known for
Acting
Born
February 24, 1932
Died
February 1, 2005 (aged 72)
Birthplace
Zehner, Saskatchewan, Canada

Biography

John Keith Vernon (February 24, 1932 – February 1, 2005) was a Canadian actor. He made a career in Hollywood after achieving initial television stardom in Canada. He was best known for playing Dean Wormer in Animal House, the Mayor in Dirty Harry and Fletcher in The Outlaw Josey Wales.

Known For

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Filmography

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Object of Desire poster

Object of Desire

Movie

2024
Point Blank the Documentary poster

Point Blank the Documentary

Movie · as Self

2008
Animal House: The Inside Story poster

Animal House: The Inside Story

Movie · as Self

2008
Delgo poster

Delgo

Movie · as Judge Nohrin (voice)

2003
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman poster

Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman

Movie · as Rupert Thorne (voice)

2003
Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update

Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update

Movie · as Vernon Wormer

2002
Warrior Angels poster

Warrior Angels

Movie · as Ansgar / Bladrick

2002
Sorority Boys poster

Sorority Boys

Movie · as Old Man

2002
Welcome to America

Welcome to America

Movie · as Det. Golding

2001
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy poster

The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

TV · as Dean Toadblatt · 3 eps

2000
Stageghost poster

Stageghost

Movie · as Slim

2000
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story poster

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

Movie

2000
Pigs Next Door poster

Pigs Next Door

TV · as Grand Porcinus (voice) · 13 eps

2000
The Strangerers poster

The Strangerers

TV · as D.N.E. Agent · 1 ep

1999
Hell Hath No Fury: The Making of The Outlaw Josey Wales poster

Hell Hath No Fury: The Making of The Outlaw Josey Wales

Movie · as Self

1999
Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure poster

Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure

Movie · as Principal Scotti

1998
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion poster

The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion

Movie · as Self - Dean Wormer

1997
Wojeck: Out of the Fire poster

Wojeck: Out of the Fire

Movie · as Dr Steve Wojeck

1996
The Incredible Hulk poster

The Incredible Hulk

TV · as General Ross (voice) · 21 eps

1996
Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm poster

Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm

TV · as Shao Kahn (voice) · 4 eps

1995
Malicious poster

Malicious

Movie · as Detective Pronzini

1995
Family of Cops poster

Family of Cops

Movie · as Frank Rampola

1995
Marker poster

Marker

TV · 1 ep

1995
Pinky and the Brain poster

Pinky and the Brain

TV · as Admiral (voice) · 1 ep

1994
Hostage for a Day poster

Hostage for a Day

Movie · as V.D. Regan

1994
Paris or Somewhere poster

Paris or Somewhere

Movie · as Old Mahon

1994
The Forget-Me-Not Murders poster

The Forget-Me-Not Murders

Movie · as Boyce

1994
Sodbusters poster

Sodbusters

Movie · as Slade Cantrell

1994
Duckman poster

Duckman

TV · as Principal Dinkler (voice) · 1 ep

1994
Spider-Man poster

Spider-Man

TV · as Doctor Strange (voice) · 1 ep

1994
Fantastic Four poster

Fantastic Four

TV · as Dr. Doom (voice) · 1 ep

1993
Walker, Texas Ranger poster

Walker, Texas Ranger

TV · as Clint Murdock / Max Slater · 1 ep

1993
Acapulco H.E.A.T. poster

Acapulco H.E.A.T.

TV · as Mr. Smith · 20 eps

1993
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron poster

SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron

TV · as Rex Shard (voice) · 1 ep

1992
The Naked Truth poster

The Naked Truth

Movie · as Von Bulo

1992
African Skies poster

African Skies

TV · 1 ep

1992
Batman: The Animated Series poster

Batman: The Animated Series

TV · as Rupert Thorne (voice) · 9 eps

1992
Renegade poster

Renegade

TV · as Capt. Ed McKendrick · 1 ep

1991
The Woman Who Sinned poster

The Woman Who Sinned

Movie · as Lieutenant Girvetz

1991
Rewrite for Murder poster

Rewrite for Murder

Movie · as Claude Dempsey

1991
Dark Justice poster

Dark Justice

TV · 1 ep

1991
Dinosaurs poster

Dinosaurs

TV · as Mr. Ashland (voice) · 1 ep

1989
Bail Out poster

Bail Out

Movie · as Mr. Ridgeway

1989
Afghanistan: The Last War Bus poster

Afghanistan: The Last War Bus

Movie · as Ken Ross

1989
Mob Story poster

Mob Story

Movie · as Don "Luce" Luciano

1989
Hostile Takeover poster

Hostile Takeover

Movie · as Mayor

1989
Tales from the Crypt poster

Tales from the Crypt

TV · as Mr. Chalmers · 1 ep

1989
Doogie Howser, M.D. poster

Doogie Howser, M.D.

TV · as Hank Bellamy · 1 ep

1988
Killer Klowns from Outer Space poster

Killer Klowns from Outer Space

Movie · as Curtis Mooney

1988
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka poster

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

Movie · as Mr. Big

1988
Dixie Lanes poster

Dixie Lanes

Movie · as Elmer Sinclair

1988
Deadly Stranger poster

Deadly Stranger

Movie · as Mr. Mitchell

1988
Two Men poster

Two Men

Movie · as Alex Kores

1988
War of the Worlds poster

War of the Worlds

TV · as General Wilson · 3 eps

1987
Ernest Goes to Camp poster

Ernest Goes to Camp

Movie · as Sherman Krader

1987
Nightstick poster

Nightstick

Movie · as Adam Beardsly

1987
Terminal Exposure poster

Terminal Exposure

Movie · as Mr. Karrothers

1987
Blue Monkey poster

Blue Monkey

Movie · as Roger Levering

1987
The New Adventures of Beans Baxter poster

The New Adventures of Beans Baxter

TV · as Number One · 1 ep

1986
Fuzzbucket poster

Fuzzbucket

Movie · as Principal

1986
Rat Tales poster

Rat Tales

Movie · as Bronc

1986
Sledge Hammer! poster

Sledge Hammer!

TV · as Mayor Jack Flambo · 1 ep

1986
Wildfire poster

Wildfire

TV · 13 eps

1985
Fraternity Vacation poster

Fraternity Vacation

Movie · as Chief Ferret

1985
Doin' Time poster

Doin' Time

Movie · as Big Mac

1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV · as Mr. Brenner · 1 ep

1985
Hail to the Chief poster

Hail to the Chief

TV · as Gen. Hannibal Stryker · 7 eps

1985
MacGyver poster

MacGyver

TV · as Dave Ryerson · 1 ep

1984
The Blood of Others poster

The Blood of Others

Movie · as Charles

1984
Savage Streets poster

Savage Streets

Movie · as Principal Underwood

1984
Jungle Warriors poster

Jungle Warriors

Movie · as Vito Mastranga

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Henry Hayward · 1 ep

1984
Airwolf poster

Airwolf

TV · as John Bradford Horn · 1 ep

1984
Partners in Crime poster

Partners in Crime

TV · 1 ep

1983
Curtains poster

Curtains

Movie · as Jonathan Stryker

1983
Chained Heat poster

Chained Heat

Movie · as Warden Bacman

1983
Little Red Riding Hood poster

Little Red Riding Hood

Movie · as Father

1983
The A-Team poster

The A-Team

TV · as Ted Jarrett · 1 ep

1983
Scarecrow and Mrs. King poster

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

TV · 1 ep

1983
Automan poster

Automan

TV · 1 ep

1983
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye poster

Philip Marlowe, Private Eye

TV · as Big John Masters · 1 ep

1982
Airplane II: The Sequel poster

Airplane II: The Sequel

Movie · as Dr. Stone

1982
T. J. Hooker poster

T. J. Hooker

TV · as Grant Chandler · 1 ep

1982
Knight Rider poster

Knight Rider

TV · as Cameron Zachary, Claude Watkins · 1 ep

1982
Faerie Tale Theatre poster

Faerie Tale Theatre

TV · as Father · 1 ep

1982
The Blue and the Gray poster

The Blue and the Gray

TV · as Seward · 3 eps

1981
The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats poster

The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats

Movie · as Coach "Bulldog" Malone

1981
Heavy Metal poster

Heavy Metal

Movie · as Prosecutor (voice)

1981
The Fall Guy poster

The Fall Guy

TV · 1 ep

1980
Herbie Goes Bananas poster

Herbie Goes Bananas

Movie · as Prindle

1980
It Rained All Night the Day I Left poster

It Rained All Night the Day I Left

Movie · as Killian

1980
Fantastica poster

Fantastica

Movie · as Jim McPherson

1979
Hart to Hart poster

Hart to Hart

TV · as Travis Saunders · 1 ep

1979
California Fever poster

California Fever

TV · 1 ep

1979
Delta House poster

Delta House

TV · as Dean Vernon Wormer · 13 eps

1979
The Littlest Hobo poster

The Littlest Hobo

TV · 1 ep

1979
The Sacketts poster

The Sacketts

TV · as Jonathan Pritts · 2 eps

1978
Animal House poster

Animal House

Movie · as Dean Vernon Wormer

1978
Vega$ poster

Vega$

TV · 1 ep

1977
A Special Day poster

A Special Day

Movie · as Emanuele Taberi

1977
Golden Rendezvous poster

Golden Rendezvous

Movie · as Luis Carreras

1977
The Uncanny poster

The Uncanny

Movie · as Pomeroy (segment "Hollywood 1936")

1977
Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night poster

Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night

Movie · as Dr. Orrin Helgerson

1977
Angela poster

Angela

Movie · as Benjamin Kincaid

1977
CHiPs poster

CHiPs

TV · 1 ep

1977
The Oregon Trail poster

The Oregon Trail

TV · 2 eps

1976
The Outlaw Josey Wales poster

The Outlaw Josey Wales

Movie · as Fletcher

1976
Drum poster

Drum

Movie

1976
Quincy, M.E. poster

Quincy, M.E.

TV · 1 ep

1976
Here To Stay

Here To Stay

TV · 1 ep

1976
For the Record poster

For the Record

TV · as I.G. Loring · 2 eps

1975
Brannigan poster

Brannigan

Movie · as Ben Larkin

1975
The Impostor poster

The Impostor

Movie · as Sheriff Turner

1975
Matt Helm poster

Matt Helm

Movie · as Harry Paine

1975
The Swiss Family Robinson poster

The Swiss Family Robinson

Movie · as Charles Forsythe

1975
Switch poster

Switch

TV · as Jack Morgan · 1 ep

1975
S.W.A.T. poster

S.W.A.T.

TV · 1 ep

1974
Sweet Movie poster

Sweet Movie

Movie · as Aristote Alplanalpe, AKA M. Kapital

1974
The Questor Tapes poster

The Questor Tapes

Movie · as Geoffrey Darro

1974
Mousey poster

Mousey

Movie · as David Richardson

1974
The Black Windmill poster

The Black Windmill

Movie · as McKee

1974
W poster

W

Movie · as Arnie Felson

1974
Virginia Hill poster

Virginia Hill

Movie · as Nick Rubanos

1974
Petrocelli poster

Petrocelli

TV · as Barney Majors · 1 ep

1973
Charley Varrick poster

Charley Varrick

Movie · as Maynard Boyle

1973
Nightmare Step poster

Nightmare Step

Movie · as Allan

1973
The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping poster

The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping

Movie · as Julian Peck

1973
Hunter poster

Hunter

Movie · as David Hunter / Praetorius

1973
Barnaby Jones poster

Barnaby Jones

TV · as Dr. Hank Danvers · 1 ep

1972
Fear Is the Key poster

Fear Is the Key

Movie · as Vyland

1972
Journey poster

Journey

Movie · as Boulder Allin

1972
Kung Fu poster

Kung Fu

TV · as Gen. Cantrell, Forbes · 3 eps

1972
Search poster

Search

TV · 1 ep

1972
Cool Million poster

Cool Million

TV · as Inspector Duprez · 5 eps

1971
Dirty Harry poster

Dirty Harry

Movie · as The Mayor

1971
Face-Off poster

Face-Off

Movie · as Fred Wares

1971
One More Train to Rob poster

One More Train to Rob

Movie · as Timothy Xavier Nolan

1971
Escape poster

Escape

Movie · as Doctor Charles Walding

1971
Cannon poster

Cannon

TV · as Brad Calvert, Arthur Correll · 2 eps

1971
McMillan & Wife poster

McMillan & Wife

TV · 1 ep

1971
Bearcats! poster

Bearcats!

TV · as Jason Ryker · 1 ep

1970
Mission: Impossible - The Falcon poster

Mission: Impossible - The Falcon

Movie · as General Ramon Sabattini

1969
Topaz poster

Topaz

Movie · as Rico Parra

1969
Justine poster

Justine

Movie · as Nessim

1969
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here poster

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here

Movie · as Hacker

1969
Trial Run poster

Trial Run

Movie · as Leo D'Agosta

1969
Hawaii Five-O poster

Hawaii Five-O

TV · as Cal Anderson · 1 ep

1967
Point Blank poster

Point Blank

Movie · as Mal Reese

1967
The Rock poster

The Rock

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

1967
Mannix poster

Mannix

TV · 2 eps

1967
The High Chaparral poster

The High Chaparral

TV · as Sean McLaren · 1 ep

1967
Judd, for the Defense poster

Judd, for the Defense

TV · as Dr. Bellew · 1 ep

1966
Wojeck poster

Wojeck

TV · as Steve Wojeck · 19 eps

1966
The Marvel Super Heroes poster

The Marvel Super Heroes

TV · as Iron Man (Tony Stark) (voice), Major Glenn Talbot (voice) · 195 eps

1966
Mission: Impossible poster

Mission: Impossible

TV · as Colonel Josef Strom, General Ramon Sabattini, Ramone Fuego · 2 eps

1966
Felony Squad poster

Felony Squad

TV · 1 ep

1966
Tarzan poster

Tarzan

TV · 1 ep

1965
The F.B.I. poster

The F.B.I.

TV · as Mike Burton, David Starret, Michael Durgom · 1 ep

1964
Nobody Waved Goodbye poster

Nobody Waved Goodbye

Movie · as Lot Supervisor

1964
The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk poster

The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk

Movie

1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

TV · as Steve Wojeck · 1 ep

1962
Georges-Étienne Cartier - The Lion of Québec poster

Georges-Étienne Cartier - The Lion of Québec

Movie · as Galt

1962
Alexander Galt: The Stubborn Idealist poster

Alexander Galt: The Stubborn Idealist

Movie · as Alexander Galt

1960
Festival poster

Festival

TV · as Vershinin · 1 ep

1959
Tourist Go Home poster

Tourist Go Home

Movie

1959
Bonanza poster

Bonanza

TV · as Beaudry · 1 ep

1957
Fires of Envy poster

Fires of Envy

Movie

1957
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans poster

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans

TV · as Varney, Kubaka, Lyman, Rego, Burns, Eliwasset, Cap'n Tolliver, Nangus · 1 ep

1956
1984 poster

1984

Movie · as Big Brother (uncredited)

1955
Gunsmoke poster

Gunsmoke

TV · as Oliver Harker · 1 ep